Capsule-assembling machine.



marre sAEs r i BENJAMIN THOMAS wrNcHEsrER, or WINDSOR HILLs, MARYLAND,AssIeNoR, BY

MESNE AssIeNMEN'rs, rro sHARB ANI) .'DoHME, oE BAL'rIMoRE,y MARYLAND, Aycon,

POR-ATION OF NEW JERSEY.

cABsULE-AssEMBLING MACHINE.

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i Specification of Letters Patent;

Patented Sepe. es, i915."

Application filed July 19, 1911. SerialNo', 639,242".

bling Machine, of which the following is a specification. ,Y

This invention relates,y toimprovements in capsule lassembling machineryand has particular reference to amachine` for bringing together' the twoparts of a capsule and telescopically engagingthesame.l a

One object of the invention :is to provide an improved constructionl ofkmachine which will accommodate a receiver containing a plurality ofcapsules, yinto whichy receiver the ycapsules ywere placed whendischarged from the forming machine and which retained the same Yduringthe cutting operation thus retaining the capsules during theseveralsteps inthe operation.`

Another obJect istoy provide an. improved machine in which `the twocapsule parts may be readily placed in :gangs and which will retain aseries of one of said kparts while the series of the other ofy saidparts may be moved into telescopic engagementfwith the former;`

A further object of the invention is to provide a machine having amovable plat-` form ony which a plurality of capsule parts may rest andprovideanother member for retaining a pluralityV of the other capsulepartssaid parts being so arrangedwith re,- spect to each other that theymay bring the twoyparts of. the capsules into register so that theplatform maybemoved to telescopically engage the capsuleparts.

- Another vobject of the invention is to provide improved means forremoving the cap'- sule parts from thereceivers and retain kthem in themachine in such relation that a ypluralityl of operation. f

With these and otherobjects inview ythe invention is illustrated in thekaccompanying f ff f arms, 28, are connected by coiled springs,y

Figure 1 isanend view in elevation of my v machine 5' Fig`-` 2,:1s afront viewin elevation capsules, mayrribe assembled at onel taken at.right angles tothat shown in` Fig. 1; Fig. 3, is a plan View of myimproved assembler; and, Fig. 4:,is an enlarged sectional View of thecapsules in the receivers in posltion. f

Referringgto the' drawing by numerals, 21,

designates a hollow base which in the pres- Y ent instanceris ofarectangular shape., The base has a horizontal top, 22, with a series ofvertical fperforations, 7 ,g therein and below the top, and on theinterior of the base there is provideda horizontal platform, 6, whichlatter has position directly beneath the perforations, 7in the base top.Rods yor bars, 23, depend from, the bottom side of the platform, 6, andpassthrough guides, 24,

which arey rigid with the base so that the platform may be movedvertically toward, or from the top. Y

Tofeffeet a vertical movementv of the platform the basersustains ahorizontal shaft, 15, which` has position below 4the platform anda cam,14, iscarried on the shaft so that when the latter is oscillated the camwill Swing and by raising or lowering as the casey may be,im`part a likemovement to the platform. ''o facilitate the movement of the shaft theouterend of thelatter isv provided with an operating lever 16, which maybe grasped byy the hand or otherwise operated.

Above the top, 22, there is provided av plate, 19, which is hinged at,l20, to a racket, 25, and said plate, 19, has a Series of perforations,10. The lower ends of the perforations, 10, vare provided with a bevel,8,; and immediately above the bevel each perforation has a shoulder, 9.The upper endw of each perforation is also provided 18, which latterserve to keep the plate, 29, and pins, 5, normally swim-grip. The num'-`loo ' the perforations, v10, in

l when the latter' is swung down the pins will registerl with and entersaid the top.

A retaining or backing plate, 11, has hinge perforations in eyes, 30, atone edge which are pivotally en-v gaged by a horizontal rod, 12, at oneend of the hollow base so as to be swung downl over the plate, 19, for apurpose presently to be explained. This backing plate, 1,1, has a seriesof concave recesses, 82, in one face thereof, asshown by broken lines inFigs.2 and 3 of the drawings and the recesses are so disposed as to takeposition directly over plate, 19, Vwhensaid backing plate is turneddown'. l

A suitable latch, 13, is provided on the hollow base to engage thebacking plate, 11,

when the latter is `down toprevent upward movement of the latter whenthe capsule parts are plained. n

The larger orfemale part of the capsule is designated, 1, inV thedrawing while the smaller or male part of the capsule is des ignated, 3,andin Fig. 1 of the drawing the female' parts of a'plurality ofVcapsulesl areV shown as passing through a receiver plate which latteris designated, 2. Y

Prior to the assembling of the capsule parts the'latter are passedthrough a cutting machine which trims them andduring this operation thecapsule parts are held in a perforated receiver or plate which isdesignated, 2.v a fiber sheet and the perforations therein in which thecapsule parts are confined are so spaced that they will register withthe perforations, 10, and, 7, in plates, 19, and, 22, of the machine. A

In operation, a sheet or plate, 2, containing a series of the smallermale capsule parts, 3, is first laid on the top, 22,-the closed ends ofsaid male parts entering the perforations, 7. The plate, 19, is thenswung down ontop of the sheet or plate, 2, and the upper open ends ofthe male capsule parts will enter the perforations, 10. The f pinkplate, 29, is next swung down on plate, 19, and the pins, 5, will passthrough perforations, 10, and enter the open ends of the male capsuleparts. As the pins and plate, 29, are lowered, the pins will pass downinside of the male capsule parts and push said capsule parts down intothe perforations, 7, in the top, 22, so as to project the lower closedends of said male capsule parts below the top as shown in Fig. a of thedraw-ing and leave said lower closedV ends resting upon'the platform, 6,which forms a stop for said capsule parts.

It will be noted that when the male cap- Y brought together as will beeX-V n This plate is preferably madey of` the upper open ends thereofhave position slightly below the upper surface of the top, 22, thus said'capsule parts will have been pushed entirely out of the receiver platewhich held them and after the pins, 5, are

withdrawn the plate, 19, may be raised and said receiver plate will beremoved `from top, 22. The plate, 19, will again be turned down onthe'top, 22, so as to bring' the guide perforations, 10, into positionover the up-' per open ends of the male capsule parts.

When this plate, 19, is in place, as shown in` Fig. 4 of the drawing,the upper edge of the 'malev capsule will have position just below thebevel, 8, in the lower ends ofthe perfora-v tions, 10, and belowtheshoulders, 9, in said perforations above said'bevels, v8.- Anotherreceiver plate or sheet, 2, containing a plurality of female capsuleparts, l, is then laid on top of the plate, 19, so that a female capsulepart, 1,`will be in register with the bevel, 26, at the upper end of theguide perforations, 10, also as seen in Fig. 4. The retaining plate, 11,is nextswung down on top of the closed ends of the female capsule'parts,pushing said female parts down pastthe bevel, 26, through the receiverplate or sheet, '2, .in plate, 19, and into the guide perforations, 10,in said latter plate so that the lower open ends of said female capsuleparts will have position on or close to the shoulders, 8, and above theopen ends of the male parts. l/Vhen the retaining plate, 11, has forcedthe female capsule parts down into perforations,

10, it will be engagedl by lock, 13, and held rigidly. The lever, 16,vwill next beV operated to oscillate shaft, 15, and throwcam, 14, up

tions of male capsule parts, 3, which are` then engaged with the femaleparts, from the perforations in top, 22, and to enable said assembledcapsules to be pushed out of` the perforations, 10, in plate, 19, afterwhich the operation may be repeated.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is Y In a machine for assembling capsules the combinationwith a hollow base having av perforated top to receive the male capsuleparts, of a platform inv thepbase below said, perforations; a platehinged sonas to swing` over the top and havingperforations for thefemale capsule parts which are brought.

into register with the perforations in the top; a pin plate having aplurality of pins,-

said plate being movable from the upper ing the platform upwardly towardthe top side downwardly toward the top to project of the base to pushthe male capsule parts fl the pins into the male part receivingperfoupwardly into the female parts.

rations of the top; :L backing plate also mov- BENJAMIN THOMASWINGHESTER. able downwardly toward said top to engage Witnesses:

the female Capsule parts that are in register THEODORE SGHMECKEBIER,

with said perfom'bions and means for mov- ELI FRANK.

Copies of this patenty may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington. I). C.

